[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Webster 3-13-1986
as Title 4, Ch. 3 of the 1986 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Unless otherwise especially permitted by resolution of the Village Board,
upon written application giving the reason therefor, no person
shall construct, repair or reconstruct any driveway across or through any
sidewalk or curbing without having first obtained a permit from the Director
of Public Works for which a fee as established by the Village Board shall
be charged. Such permit shall be issued upon an application form provided
by the village and shall contain such information as the Village Board shall
deem necessary.
A.
Openings for vehicular ingress and egress shall be at
least 10 feet wide at the property line for residential properties and a minimum
of 16 feet wide at the property line for all other uses but shall not exceed
24 feet at the curb opening.
B.
No driveway shall be closer than 10 feet to extended
street line at an intersection. At street intersections a driveway shall not
provide direct ingress or egress to or from the street intersection area and
shall not occupy areas of the roadway deemed necessary by the Village Board
for effective traffic control or for highway signs or signals. Vehicular entrances
and exits to drive-in theaters, banks and restaurants; motels; funeral homes;
vehicular sales, service, washing and repair stations; garages; or public
parking lots shall be not less than 200 feet from any pedestrian entrance
or exit to a school, college, university, church, hospital, park, playground,
library, public emergency shelter or other place of public assembly.
C.
No driveway apron shall extend out into the street further
than the facing of the curb, and under no circumstances shall such driveway
apron extend into any gutter area. All driveway entrances and approaches shall
be so constructed as not to interfere with the drainage of streets, side ditches
or roadside areas or with any existing structure on the right-of-way. When
required by the Director of Public Works so as to provide for adequate surface
water drainage along the abutting street, the property owner shall provide
any necessary culvert pipe at such owner's expense.
D.
No more than one driveway entrance and approach shall
be constructed for any lot or premises except where deemed necessary and feasible
without the impairment of safety, convenience and utility of the street by
the Village Board. Driveway approaches shall be at least 10 feet apart except
by special permission from the Village Board, and driveways shall in all cases
be placed wherever possible so as not to interfere with utilities in place.
Any costs of relocating utilities shall be the responsibility of the property
owner, with approval of the Village Board necessary before any utility may
be relocated and the driveway installed.
Permit applications shall be made at least 24 hours in advance of intended
installation, but this shall not be deemed to be a limitation of time within
which a permit must be granted, and the Director of Public Works shall have
such time as reasonably necessary for examination and consideration of any
application before granting the permit, subject always to specific direction
of the Village Board.
The permittee shall assume all responsibility for any injury or damage
to persons or property resulting directly or indirectly during construction
or repair of driveway approaches or entrances. When curb or gutter is removed,
the new construction shall be of equivalent acceptable material and curb returns
provided or restored in a neat, workmanlike manner. Driveway surfaces shall
connect with the street pavement and sidewalk in a neat, workmanlike manner.
